Association between body mass index and health-related quality of life: The "obesity paradox" in 21,218 adults of the Chinese general population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Yanbo ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Pang, Guoming ^b   Lin, Lin ^c   Origasa, Hideki ^d   Wang, Yangyang ^a   Di, Jie ^a   Shi, Mai ^c   Fan, Chunpok ^a   Shi, Huimei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Kaifeng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; OVERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939197455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130613     Document Type: Article

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